Which to use
“partition” and “partitions” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,046
- “partition” frequency rank
- #19,932
- “partitions” frequency rank
- 29978
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | partition | partitions |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | L’ensemble ou la réunion de toutes les parties d’une composition musicale, écrites les unes au-dessous des autres, de manière à se correspondre exactement. | Pluriel de partition. |
Same sound, different letters: partition vs partitions
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. partition runs 9 letters (CVCCVCVVC) against partitions's 10 (CVCCVCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: partition vs partitions
This is the hard kind. partition and partitions are pronounced identically (\paʁ.ti.sjɔ̃\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “partition” sits inside “partitions”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29978, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
partition is recorded at frequency rank #10,046, classified as anoun, pronounced \paʁ.ti.sjɔ̃\. partitions is at rank #19,932, tagged as anoun, pronounced \paʁ.ti.sjɔ̃\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 29978, this pair ranks #313,243 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of partition vs partitions
Shared letters: ainoprt. Private to "partition": -. Private to "partitions": s.
"partition" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVVC · "partitions" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- partition ← aprtition · parittion · parrtition · partiiton · partitino · partitionn · partitoin · partittion
- partitions ← aprtitions · parittions · parrtitions · partiitons · partitinos · partitionns · partitionss · partitiosn
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "partition" for "partitions" ever safe?
Frequency check: "partition" vs "partitions" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
"partition" and "partitions" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "partition" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "partitions" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #313,243 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "partition" and "partitions" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "partitions vs parutions". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #313,243 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.